Our honorary rookie Matt got some play time with Bungie's latest, Halo 3: ODST, and pours his heart out in this gripping dissertation detailing the experience.

On February 9, 2525, on Earth’s moon colony later known as Luna, a man named Jonathan Doherty would be born, but for most Halo 3: ODST fans this man would be known as simply "the Rookie." ...

In the game, which is set a few weeks before the events of Halo 3, players will step into the shoes of an Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST) called Rookie. As plans have a habit of doing during war ...

That, however, doesn't mean ODST will play exactly like Halo 3. You play as a character that has been referred to by Bungie as "the Rookie", and though there are a few as of yet undisclosed ...

Not only was it supposed to take on some new direction, but also the crucial and franchise-changing information that Halo 3: ODST would not ... simply known as the “Rookie” who is stranded ...

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 fall action headliner Halo 3: ODST arrives today with all ... above a fictional African city. In ODST, you play a “rookie” United Nations Space Command soldier trapped ...

ODST is all about mindset. Are you hoping for more Halo 3? Are you looking forward to another ... Africa – visited briefly in Halo 2 – and the team’s rookie member is forced to wander ...

And as fantastic as the series continued to be, it sadly missed out on what looked to be a brilliant turn for the Halo games. Halo 3: ODST feels ... begins with The Rookie, who was knocked out ...

Halo: Combat Evolved made system linked Xboxs fashionable. Halo 2’s ground-breaking online matchmaking carried Xbox LIVE’s fledgling years on the crest of a wave, breaking only when Halo 3 ...

As a fan of the Halo series, ODST was sitting high on my anticipated list. I mean I remember sitting down in my flat to play Halo 3, and then suddenly wondering when my flatmates had gotten back ...